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Juggling Success By Sheldon Green
For the father-daughter team of Bill ‘73 and Tricia Sorensen ’13, Bismarck, N.D., this is a story of the apple not falling far from the tree with a good measure of “whatever you can do, I can do better.” Bill suited up as a guard-forward for Sonny Gulsvig’s Cobber men’s basketball teams from 1971 to 1973. Tricia was a MIAC All-Conference forward, leading the Cobber women in scoring, rebounds and steals, and was team captain. “I had a lot of fun,” says Tricia. “I love everything about Cobber basketball.” And on weekends in the summer, Bill and Tricia dazzle audiences in the western North Dakota tourist town of Medora with their own magic, mirth and juggling show. Bill began learning magic tricks and juggling as a teenager, and has entertained audiences in nearly all 50 states. He’s done the “4-M Review” in Medora for 29 years and still enjoys every show. Tricia grew up watching her dad’s juggling and magic act, thinking it was no big deal. She took up juggling on her own, and now teaches the old guy new tricks to use in their act. “She picks things up quickly,” says Bill. Tricia is the youngest of Bill’s four daughters. She was inspired by an older sister who played high school basketball, so Tricia began shooting buckets in the family driveway at age 6, come rain, snow or shine. She played oneon-one with her dad, and when he noticed she was clanging her shots off the iron in a game, the two of them spent a long Saturday afternoon at the Y correcting her shooting style. “He showed me how to keep my elbow in,” says Tricia. “By the end of the afternoon I had it down. Now I’m always thinking, ‘elbows in.’” “We’re all about doing things together,” says Bill. “Yeah, and all about trying to outdo each other,” adds Tricia. Photo: Sheldon Green
Tricia ‘13 and Bill ‘73 Sorensen perform their popular comedy show on summer weekends in Medora, N.D.